Para Normal Romance
Sheila Rosalynd Allen
The Meddlesome Ghost 1989 ISBN: 1-55773-858-0Giles Steadford has inherited Steadford Abbey, but what he doesn't know is that the Abbey is haunted by a ghost by the name of Sir Harry. Harry is only visible to someone who loves a Steadford. Giles is injured in a war, and meets Elizabeth who is his nurse who helps him to recover..and to get the use of his legs back. Elizabeth can see Harry (so can Giles) but she doesn't believe that she has fallen in love with Giles..even tho she has. When Gile's fiancee comes to stay at the Abbey, Elizabeth realizes that she does love Giles...but is it too late for her and Giles to realize that they do love each other? Very good book...I like books that deal with ghosts and things like that.
Date of review: March 2002
Lily Alex
Lost On Earth 2000 ISBN: 0-7388-1413-xThis is a love story about Mary and Robert. Mary is an Angel, but she falls in love with the son of the Devil. Mary has realized that Robert is special..that he is the Devil...and fill of evilness. But what she can't help, or won't help is that she loves him. And she will stick by him and do anything for him...she will lie, cheat,..anything. She can also heal people. ANd even tho she is married to the Devil...and that she should leave him, she can't. When all is said and done at the end of the day....Mary still loves him. Robert knows that Mary is a Angel, ,but that doens't stop him from falling in lover with her and marrying her. But after all this time passes,,,Robert wants a divorce...and he is very scared of Mary, for she now controls everything. This was a very interesting book. It's not really a love story, but digs a bit deeper into the "what-if's".
Date of review: Sept. 2002
PC Cast
Goddess By Mistake 2001 ISBN: 1-930709-32-3
Shannon Parker is a High School Teacher. She goes to an Estate auction to find some interesting and cheap buys. There she finds a vase, and the person on the vase looks exactly like her! She finds herself drawn to it, and buys it and puts it in the car to drive home. Once in the car, the vase seems to glow, and there is a bad storm out. Shannon feels herself being drawn into this alternate universe. In this universe, she is the Goddess Rhiannon (Rhea) who is High Priestess to the Goddess Epona...and she also finds herself married to a Centaur. She has to help her people overcome a deadly enemy...and the real Rhiannon (who took Shannon's place in her world) is trying to come back. Rhea doesn't want to live this world, and her husband and the people she has to come love there. Can she really help these people overcome the evil? Will she be able to stay in this world..and never to leave her husband? Very good book!! I couldn't put it down. It is defenitly on my keeper shelf!!!
Date of review: May 2002
Gail Crease
Poseidon's Kiss 2002 ISBN: 0-515-13416-3
Chelsea Porter meets Nicolas Demitry at a art gallery...and she is intrigued by his painting called "Poseidon's Sorrow". She can't seem to take her eyes off the painting..and how sad it makes her feel. There is something about Nicolas that she can't put her finger on...there is something not right with him. Gail finds herself falling in love with him. Nicolas has waited forever for Chelsea....she bears the birthmark of a shell on her shoulder...called Poseidon's Kiss, and that means that she is meant for him. After all...he is the son (one of many) of Poseidon. How can Nicolas make Chelsea understand that he would never hurt her...that he has waited for her to make good on the promise that her great-great-grandmother had given to him if she spared the life of her unborn baby when she almost drowned all those yrs ago. Chelsea realizes who Nicolas really is...and she has read her great-great-grandmothers diaries. Chelsea knows that Nicolas is her destiny...but will she have the courage to go thru with it to be with him forever? I loved this book. This is one of the best ones I have read for awhile! This is a keeper for me! If you like mythology...and a great love story of 2 people who are destined to be together...read this book...you won't be disappointed! This one I will enjoy re-reading over and over again!
Date of review: Feb 2003
Saranne Dawson
The Sorceress & The Savage 2000 ISBN: 0-505-52379-5
Shera was a healer and her people had the power to make it rain plus healing people. They are told by their "gods" that they are moving to their homeland...but she has a bad feeling about this move, there is something evil waiting for them at their new home. On the way there, she meets Gar. Gar is part chezah, an animal that lives in the forest. He captures Shera to find out why her people are coming back to enslave his. But she knows nothing about her past. She and Gar must join together and fight the evil that her people are bringing forth....but while they are fighting this evil, will it be the end of their love? Very good book...I really enjoyed it.
Date of review: Aug. 2001
Katherine Deauxville
Out of the Blue 2002 ISBN: 0-505-52469-4Maryellen woke up one morning and heard a voice coming from inside her head. She thought she was having a nervous breakdown...what she didn't know is that Sub Commander Ur Targon had been placed "accidently" inside her body...and that he needed her help to get him a host body to finish up his mission. Maryellen agrees to help him find another body (she will do anything to get him out of hers) but when she sees him for the first time (he can project himself out of her body for a short periods of time) she falls in love with him. Once Targon finds his host body and starts on his misson...will she ever see him again? Will he take her with him? This was a very good book!! A definte re-read!
Date of review: June 2002
Christine Feehan
Lair Of The Lion 2002 ISBN: 0-8439-5048-x
Isabella Vernaducci has traveled far to enlist the help of Don Nicolai DeMarco. She has come to ask him for help in saving her brother, and she will pay whatever price he wants for this. Nicolai DeMarco agrees to help her brother, under the condition that she marry him first. She agrees. She then hears rumors about him, that he is not human, that he is part lion and that he will kill her after she bears him a heir. Isabella believes that she is the one who can break this curse, and to set the Don free....she will sacrifice everything to save the man she loves, even if it means her life. Very good book! A good twist on the Beauty and the Beast story!
Date of review: Nov. 2002
Dara Joy
Rejar 1999 ISBN: 0-505-52337-X
Lilac Devere finds a stray black cat with two different colored eyes, little does she know that the cat is really a man whose name is Rejar. Rejar is a "Familiar" or a shape-shifter, and they are very sexual beings. Rejar the cat stays with Lilac during the night time, then Rejar the man meets her during the day. He tries to court her and thinks that he has her figured out...but does he? Will Lilac believe Rejar when he tells her his secret? Will she accept his offer of marriage? Will Rejar figure out why he has such a strong bond with Lilac? You have to read the book to see what happens. This is a very good book and I recommend it highly.
Date of review: June 2001
Susan King
The Raven's Moon 1997 ISBN: 0-451-18868-3
Mhairi Macrea is trying to save her twin brother Iain from being executed. He has been unjustly arrested and has visions of a Border rider riding a dark horse through a storm. Mhairi's only chance is to become a outlaw and try and get the execution papers off the rider. She runs into Rowan Scott, who is a Border officer. She stops him and gets the papers off of him. He tries and helps her to pardon her brother and falls in love with her in the meantime. He tries to help her see that she is the only one for him. I really liked this story, and this is the first one I have read by this author, and I am looking forward to getting her other books. It was very well written.
Date of review: Jan 2001
Susan Krinard
Touch of the Wolf 1999 ISBN: 0-553-58018-3
Cassidy Holt has come to England to find her mother's family. There she meets her cousin, Branden Forester, Earl of Greyburn. She hopes that he can help her find the missing pieces to her life, and how to change into wolf. Cassidy is very important to Branden's plan, to make the wolf blood in the family pure, and not tainted with "human blood"..even tho Cassidy herself is only half wolf. Branden has already bethrothed her to another...but the more he is around Cassidy, the more Branden wants her for himself. Can Cassidy help break down Branden's walls that he has built around himself??? Can she teach him to love again?? Will Cassidy ever truly become one with her wolf heritage? Very good book. I love Susan Krinard and enjoy her books very much!.
Date of review: March 2002
Body and Soul 1997 ISBN: 0-553-56909-8
Jesse Copeland has come back to Manazanita after years of being gone. She has some memories about her mother's death, and whether or not Gary (her mother's boyfriend at the time) had anything to do with her death. Jesse meets David Ventris, Lord Asthorpe. But the problem is is that David is a ghost and he needs Jesse's help. David has come because Jesse called for him in a dream...a dream she has of her former life....a life where her and David are together and in love...but Jesse only remembers bits and pieces of her dream. David has been in "limbo" because of a wrong he committed to Jesse in her other life, and he wants to make things right. Will they be able to help each other? Will Jesse be able to forgive David when she remembers everything that had happended? Very good book..Susan Krinard is one of my fav authors, and I try and read as many books by her as I can.
Date of review: March 2002
Linda Lael Miller
Time Without End 1995 ISBN: 0-425-15042-9
Valerian is a fourteenth century vampire who is shattered by the loss of his one true love Brenna. Valerian waits for his beloved to come back once every century in human form and with each time he sees her, he vows to never lose her again. No matter what it takes. This book is in my keeper-shelf. I love romance novels with vampires in them and this is an excellent read.
Date of review: Feb 2001
Julie Moffett
Touch The Sky 2002 ISBN:: 0-8217-7271-6
Gillian Sanders lives with her brother far from the town of Salem. On a dark and stormy night, she meets Spencer Reeves, who has been badly hurt in a boating accident. Spencer finds himself cured, and makes a promise to Gillian that if she ever needs him, all she has to do is ask. The day comes when Gillian has to do just that, ask for his help. Along the way she finds out some things about herself that she can hardly believe, and now Spencer will also be finding out her secrets. Will he still want to marry her when he finds out the truth about him. Will Gillian be able to live without him now that she has found him? Very good book. The first book I ever read from this author was "A Double Edged Blade" and I loved it!! It was my fav book, and sadly I lost that book in my move. This book was just as good as the first one I ever read!! Pick up any books by this author, you won't be disappointed!
Date of review: Nov. 2002
A Double Edged Blade 2000 ISBN: 0-505-52369-8
Faith Worthington works for the British government. She is going to Ireland to capture a IRA terrorist. While she is there, they are both transported back in time to the 17th century. There she meets Irish rebel leader Miles O'Bruaidar. He thinks that she has been sent by Cromwell to spy on him...so he takes her prisoner. Faith does her best to convince Miles that she is from the 19th century, and that she needs his help in finding someone who came back in time with her. He finally does believe her, and agrees to help her the best he can. Along the way Faith and Miles fall in love with each other, and they even get married! But when Faith finds who she is looking for, and its time for her to go back to her own time. But how can she leave Miles, whom she loves more than anything? Miles has taught her how to love and how to feel with her heart. Miles doesn't want Faith to go, but he promises her that they will be together...somehow, someway! Will Faith go and leave Miles? Or will she stay and tempt the fates? This book is one of my FAV time travel romance books!! Read this book, you won't be disappointed!
Date of review: Dec. 2002
The Dark Highlander 2002 ISBN: 0-440-23755-6
Dageus was born in 16th century Scotland..and he is living in modern day Manhattan. He meets Chole Zanders, who is an antiquities student. He needs her help in translating some text books...the only problem is, she will have to travel back to the 16th century Scotland to help him. Will Chole be able to handle the truth about Dageus? Will she be able to help get rid of the evil that is inside him? Will Dageus be able to let Chole go, if things go terribly wrong? Very good book. This book has it all, romance, time travel and a very good story line....you don't want to miss this one! It's a definite re-read for me...and one I will look forward to re-reading time and time again!
Date of review: Nov 2002
Jana G. Oliver
The Lover's Knot 2001 ISBN: 0-9704490-0-3
Mariah Summers is a mystery writer. She has come to England to do some research, and she finds that and more! She stays at the Inn of the Green Dragon, and there she comes across a man by the name of Andrew Domine. He seduces her, and for the next couple of days he comes to her room at night and spends the night with her. The only problem with it is tho, he is a ghost. He has been haunting the Inn for centuries, trying to find his lost love, Bess. He seduces woman who stay in the room that used to be hers, and if they have dark hair, he and if they look like his long lost love, he comes to them. Mariah finds out more about Andrew, and she tries to help him find peace....only to get cursed by him to live a life without love. Mariah finds herself with the present day Andrew Domine Clare, and finds herself drawn into his family history as she tries to help his ancestor, as well as her. The feelings that Clare and her share go back centuries. They find themselves in the middle of a dangerous game..one that was started in the Eighteenth century...and one that now must be finished in this day and age. Will Mariah and Clare survive? Can they get back the love they lost? Will they be able to help Andrew and Bess from all those centuries ago? This book was very very good! It made me cry when I read about Andrew and Bess...and what had happended to them. It really takes a hold of you and it doesn't let go of the end. If you are in the mood for a good ghost romance story, then this is the book for you. This is on my keeper shelf to be re-read over and over again. This is one book I won't get tired of reading!
Date of review: Aug. 2002
Jaye Roycraft
Double Image 2001 ISBN: 1-893896-66-8
Tia Martell is a ex-cop, who now works as a freelance photographer. She is in Mississippi when she meets Dallas Allgate. There is something about Dallas that has Tia captivated...something that she can't explain. She finds herself very drawn to him and very attracted to him as well. Tia finds herself in trouble, and only Dallas can help her. But will Dallas get involved with her? He finds her very attractive...but he can't afford to let her near him...or to let her know the truth...but he finds himself telling Tia the truth about himself..he is a vampire. Will Tia still want to be with him...or will she leave him no choice but to kill her to keep her secret? Very good book! I love books about vampires....and this one is very good! If you like Anne Rice...please read this one!
Date of review: July 2002
After Image 2002 ISBN: 1-893896-74-9
Alek Dragovich is a Vampire...but he is the main one in charge...almost. He is the one that carries out orders..and makes sure that all over Vampires don't cross the line and do what they are supposed to. Alek meets a gypsy woman called Marya Jaks...and against all better judgement to himself and his boss...he has granted her life. Marya is part vampire..so it is easy for her to detect one...and to kill one...and that makes her a threat to all the vampires. Alek has given her life...so no more "visits" by the Brotherhood. One day a vampire comes to see her, and tells her that Alek has recanted his sentence..and that she has two weeks to get things together...cause she is going to be killed then. Marya calls Alek..and tells him what she thinks of him..and what she is going to do. Alek comes to see Marya and together they find out that someone else in the Brotherhood has forged Alek's name to the order...and Alek needs her help to find out the vampire behind this. Marya agrees to help him...but along the way she falls in love with him. Will she be able to let him go when they are done? Marya knows a vampire like Alek would never love a person like her...or would he? Very very good book! Both these books are on my keeper shelf.!
Date of review: July 2002
Trana Mae Simmons
Forever Angels 1995 ISBN: 0-38332-80967Tess Foster thought she had everything she wanted, a great job and wonderful boyfriend. When he asked her to sign a prenup, Tess had given up. She went hiking up in the mountains (they reminded her of home) when her guardian angel sneezed and sent her back in time to the 1890's. There she meets Stone Chisum, and his two kids. She finds herself falling in love with Stone..and he loves her too. The only problem is that Stone is afraid that Tess will change her mind and want to leave...espically since she went to the woods where he had found her, and she saw the "worm-hole" that could take her back to her own time and place. Will Tess be able to stay...or will she decide that she would rather live in the 1990's? Very good book...I love books that deal with Time-Travel and this one is excellent!
Date of review: April 2002
